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The unsung heart and soul of the Motor City rock & roll scene, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels' blue-eyed R&B attack boasted a gritty passion and incendiary energy matched by few artists on either side of the color line. Born William Levise, Jr. in Hamtramck, MI on February 26, 1945, as a teen Ryder sang with a local black quartet dubbed the Peps but suffered so much racial harassment ...more

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  • Mitch Ryder Concert Rockpalast Germany 1979
  • The Official Mitch Ryder Rockpage
  • Ryder's Avengers
  • The Official Mitch Ryder Homepage
  • Vote for Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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